The difference between Abide and Tarry

When used as verbs, abide means to endure without yielding, whereas tarry means to delay.

Tarry is also noun with the meaning: a sojourn.

Tarry is also adjective with the meaning: resembling tar.

check bellow for the other definitions of Abide and Tarry

Abide as a verb (transitive):

To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.

Examples:

"The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly."
Abide as a verb (transitive):

To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand.
Abide as a verb (transitive):

To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for.
Abide as a verb:

Examples:

"The new teacher was strict and the students did not want to abide by his rules."
Abide as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

To wait in expectation.
Abide as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

To pause; to delay.
Abide as a verb (intransitive, archaic):

To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
Abide as a verb (intransitive, archaic):

To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn.
Abide as a verb (intransitive, archaic):

To endure; to remain; to last.
Abide as a verb (transitive, archaic):

To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
Abide as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
Abide as a verb (transitive, archaic):

To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.

Tarry as a verb (intransitive, dated):

To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.

Examples:

"It is true that the Messiah will come, though he may tarry''. ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens Hitchens] quoting translated [[Maimonides]])"
Tarry as a verb (intransitive, dated):

To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.
Tarry as a verb (intransitive, dated):

To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.
Tarry as a verb (intransitive, dated):

To stay somewhere temporarily; to sojourn.
Tarry as a verb (transitive, dated):

To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.